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efficiently and well in spite of much difficulty and
many disappointments. Mr. Henley, who had the
district for a long period, and Mr. Richards, who,
some time since on the change of districts succeeded
him, have both done good service and sound solid work,
entitling them to your fullest confidence and support.
On behalf of the Department, it is only necessary
to add here that so soon and whenever the authors of
these reports—reports damaging to the good name and
credit of the Borough, and particularly calculated and
doubtless intended to injure and discredit the Borough
Council and its Public Health Department—are prepared
to present such reports as public official
documents, that can be dealt with as such, and free
from the safety provided by being marked "Private and
Confidential," so soon are your officers prepared to
prove to demonstration that the animadversions contained
in these reports, in which it was sought to
convict this authority of Some grave and serious dereliction
of duty, are not based upon fact.
For the purposes of record and information, I
attach your Committee's Report to the Council, dated
June 21st, 1911, together with the correspondence that
passed between Mr. Percy Harris, L.C.C., and the
Town Clerk; also your Committee's further Report to
the Council, dated July 19th, 1911.
REPORT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE, DATED
21st JUNE, 1911.
wolverley street school area—overcrowding.
Your Committee beg to report that they have made
very careful enquiry into the subject-matter of the letter